Eli Flesch
@eliflesch.bsky.social
senior reporter with Law360, interested in the intersection of insurance, climate, and legal issues. love art, cooking, parks, and our tiny dot of blue. tips and hellos: eli.flesch@law360.com/ signal at eliflesch.64
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.
that fox news host still has his job.
that fox news host still has his job.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.
that fox news host still has his job.
that fox news host still has his job.
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NEW: The classic of all classic diners The Original Pantry is reopening with new owners — including all former employees, in a deal pushed by their very shrewd union, Unite Here Local 11. More via @suhauna.bsky.social 🗒️ www.latimes.com/business/sto...
L.A.'s Original Pantry to reopen with new owner and same workers
The beloved downtown diner closed in March, after 101 years of business. Leo Pustilnikov bought the diner and an adjacent parking lot for $5.5 million.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: The classic of all classic diners The Original Pantry is reopening with new owners — including all former employees, in a deal pushed by their very shrewd union, Unite Here Local 11. More via @suhauna.bsky.social 🗒️ www.latimes.com/business/sto...
20 years have passed since Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf states. I looked at some ways the storm amplified race and class inequities, affected perceptions of risk, and changed an insurance landscape that has grown more challenging for New Orleanians:
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Katrina's Insurance Lessons Ever Relevant 20 Years Later - Law360 Insurance Authority
Hurricane Katrina's landfall in New Orleans 20 years ago was an unprecedented catastrophe that resulted in financial consequences and insurance lessons that are more relevant today than ever, as fossi...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
20 years have passed since Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf states. I looked at some ways the storm amplified race and class inequities, affected perceptions of risk, and changed an insurance landscape that has grown more challenging for New Orleanians:
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Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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“Mohammed was born healthy but his mother was too malnourished to produce breast milk, and the family has only been able to get two cans of baby formula since.
At seven months old, he weighs just 9 pounds.”
At seven months old, he weighs just 9 pounds.”
‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
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July 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“Mohammed was born healthy but his mother was too malnourished to produce breast milk, and the family has only been able to get two cans of baby formula since.
At seven months old, he weighs just 9 pounds.”
At seven months old, he weighs just 9 pounds.”
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
That CEO’s wife has the chance to do the funniest thing ever at a U2 concert
July 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
That CEO’s wife has the chance to do the funniest thing ever at a U2 concert
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Law360’s parent company LexisNexis recently informed the newsroom that our journalists will be required to use an untested, faulty and unhelpful AI tool developed by the company. This tool includes a ...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Good piece on a troubling development in our newsroom. The idea that error-prone A.I. systems with their own biases should be used to question the editorial judgment of skilled reporters is pretty insulting.
Law360 is requiring all stories pass through an AI "bias indicator" before publication.
The new policy came weeks after an executive from its parent company, LexisNexis, accused the newsroom of liberal bias in its Trump admin coverage. My latest for @niemanlab.org
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The new policy came weeks after an executive from its parent company, LexisNexis, accused the newsroom of liberal bias in its Trump admin coverage. My latest for @niemanlab.org
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Law360 mandates reporters use AI “bias” detection on all stories
The policy was announced after an executive accused the newsroom of bias in its Trump administration coverage.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Good piece on a troubling development in our newsroom. The idea that error-prone A.I. systems with their own biases should be used to question the editorial judgment of skilled reporters is pretty insulting.
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
What a moment for NYC! Here’s Zohran supporting our unfair labor practices strike last year. Also drew Brad Lander and a few other electeds. Our eventual contract made it possible for me to see a future at Law360 and in the city. Proud as always to be part of one of NYC’s toughest unions.
June 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What a moment for NYC! Here’s Zohran supporting our unfair labor practices strike last year. Also drew Brad Lander and a few other electeds. Our eventual contract made it possible for me to see a future at Law360 and in the city. Proud as always to be part of one of NYC’s toughest unions.
Insurers outside the U.S. won big last week with a 2nd Circuit ruling holding they can arbitrate rather than litigate hurricane claims. For my first foray into the complicated world of international arbitration, I wrote about how the ruling closes a circuit court split www.law360.com/insurance-au...
Insurers' Win In Arbitration Treaty Ruling Narrows Circuit Split - Law360 Insurance Authority
A recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of international insurers seeking to arbitrate hurricane damage claims helped further close a significant circuit court split on the interpretation of a key int...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Insurers outside the U.S. won big last week with a 2nd Circuit ruling holding they can arbitrate rather than litigate hurricane claims. For my first foray into the complicated world of international arbitration, I wrote about how the ruling closes a circuit court split www.law360.com/insurance-au...
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Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
May 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor can lock in a 400-year school funding increase using his uniquely powerful veto, top court says.
Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic governor legally used the state’s uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor can lock in a 400-year school funding increase using his uniquely powerful veto, top court says.
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Ten carriers blamed Southern California Edison for costing the insurance industry billions after negligently starting the January Eaton Fire. www.law360.com/artic...
Insurers Accuse SoCalEdison Of Sparking Eaton Fire - Law360
Ten carriers blamed Southern California Edison for costing the insurance industry billions after negligently starting the January Eaton Fire, telling a California state court that the blaze was caused by a poorly maintained transmission tower whose wires arced, igniting vegetation.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ten carriers blamed Southern California Edison for costing the insurance industry billions after negligently starting the January Eaton Fire. www.law360.com/artic...
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My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
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Scoop from me and Jake: FEMA is ending BRIC. grist.org/politics/fem...
FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs
In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Scoop from me and Jake: FEMA is ending BRIC. grist.org/politics/fem...
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ELECTION COVERAGE: Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Gov. Jeff Landry a major policy defeat. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social & @greglarose.bsky.social report. lailluminator.com/2025/03/29/l...
Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Landry major defeat • Louisiana Illuminator
In a stunning rejection of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana voters turned down all four of his constitutional amendments Saturday.
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March 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
ELECTION COVERAGE: Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Gov. Jeff Landry a major policy defeat. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social & @greglarose.bsky.social report. lailluminator.com/2025/03/29/l...